laura's watercolors

  (11x15) It's been awhile, but I joined in this month's Virtual Paintout of Arles, France. I found many charming streetscenes u...

The last couple of years I haven't been home at Christmas, and so didn't put up a tree ... I always miss having a tree more than ...

My friend Lisa taught me how to knit last year, and so, this year, everyone gets scarves for Christmas. I've already given a few,...

  from a photo (11x15) Saturday before last I went to Millville,, NJ--a nice small town with an artsy main street and a great Irish pub...

Behind Mabel Dodge Luhan's, Taos (7x11) The last of my New Mexico paintings; these two are not quite finished, but I won't be wor...

(7x11) In New Mexico I painted from photos of tropical flowers. Sounds a bit absurd, but for the first several days that we were in NM,...

Ghost Ranch (11x15) I've been back from my New Mexico trip for just over a month and may be finally getting back to some semblance of...

(9x12) My friend Shelby does beautiful paintings of horses. Having only been on a horse once in my life, I never gave them much thought, ...

(7x11) It's been awhile. I don't know why ... Well, I haven't been painting; there are always so many "reasons" I ca...

  (5x7) A quick (unfinished) sketch of some backyard trees is all I've been able to manage lately. Every year the end of August is a ...

  (7x11) I painted this from a reference photo at Paint My Photo where this photo by James Swanson is posted. Paint My Photo, unlike some...

  (4x9) From a reference photo at the Painting Loft ; I zoomed in on the bumpers. I finally opened up a block of Kilimanjaro paper I'...

  (5x7) A challenge from the Painting Loft , a supportive community of artists with numerous groups and challenges. I did a rather elabor...

(4x6) Went to the beach yesterday and it was lovely; nice rolling waves to float on. I made this little sketch in my Strathmore journal, ...